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Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program
2021-2022 Counts by County

Unique and Duplicate Counts by County

For the 2021-22 program year, education and community agencies identified 40,003 children and youth experiencing homelessness served by Pennsylvania's Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH) Program (unique, unduplicated count). The population includes children under the age of five and youth enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12.

The 'where attributed' (unique) count is based on where the child or youth was identified as homeless and attributed to the local education agency (LEA) (i.e., school district (SD), comprehensive career and technical center (CTC), charter school (CS), cyber charter school, intermediate unit (IU)) or entity (i.e., shelter, non-LEA Early Intervention, prekindergarten program, non-LEA private school/institution). Attribution is based on the LEA that the child or youth was identified by or enrolled in the longest. The unique count is used for state education agency (SEA) EDFacts reporting to the U.S. Department of Education.

The 'where identified' (duplicate) count includes anywhere the child or youth was identified as homeless; children or youth may be identified in more than one LEA or by more than one entity. Children and youth identified by multiple entities are only reported with their LEA(s), as applicable. Children and youth reported with a non-LEA were only identified by that entity. The duplicate count is used for LEA EDFacts reporting.

Counts of 10 or fewer are denoted with an asterisk (*) and included in total counts. Non-LEA entities are grouped by type and reported at the regional level. Non-LEA entity and total counts should not be interpreted as necessarily representing all children and youth experiencing homelessness. Non-LEA entities report only if they receive direct or indirect services from the ECYEH Program.

RegionCountyWhere AttributedWhere Identified
1Philadelphia8,3838,507
1Region 1 Totals8,3838,507
2Berks2,4882,533
2Chester1,9351,994
2Dauphin1,7941,859
2Lancaster2,2952,362
2Lebanon663674
2Schuylkill390413
2Region 2 Totals9,5659,835
3Adams219226
3Cumberland616636
3Franklin370385
3Huntingdon4545
3Juniata5862
3Mifflin137139
3Perry114118
3York1,6531,715
3Region 3 Totals3,2123,326
4Allegheny3,1223,297
4Beaver861896
4Bedford121124
4Fayette214223
4Fulton1921
4Greene3030
4Somerset7985
4Washington328335
4Westmoreland388406
4Region 4 Totals5,1625,417
5Butler506518
5Clarion138142
5Crawford200214
5Erie946960
5Forest5959
5Lawrence210214
5McKean143150
5Mercer332341
5Venango201207
5Warren8485
5Region 5 Totals2,8192,890
6Armstrong167173
6Blair358365
6Cambria285293
6Cameron2526
6Centre230231
6Clearfield257267
6Clinton8792
6Elk98107
6Indiana136138
6Jefferson118123
6Potter4243
6Region 6 Totals1,8031,858
7Bradford152159
7Carbon6067
7Columbia162165
7Lackawanna480485
7Luzerne9871,007
7Lycoming250261
7Monroe431446
7Montour2425
7Northumberland199207
7Pike102104
7Snyder4648
7Sullivan**
7Susquehanna6162
7Tioga3535
7Union2122
7Wayne5858
7Wyoming3336
7Region 7 Totals3,1043,190
8Bucks834857
8Delaware1,8221,859
8Lehigh1,0551,077
8Montgomery1,6171,663
8Northampton627647
8Region 8 Totals5,9556,103
STATE TOTALS40,00341,126